Shout Out / My Hero Playthrough

• Star Wars has a number of references, as befitting canon:
  • When Izuku senses someone (Tsu) is around and may see his secret training, The Gamer rewards him with increased Intuition, stating "Your insight serves you well".
  • Izuku and Tsuyu meet and train in the Forest Park of Endoru, a redwood forest grown in Japan by a Quirk user after the California forests were destroyed.
  • Tsuyu's middle school is Danchuin Academy.^note Dantooine was formerly the home of a Jedi academy in the Star Wars Extended Universe, not to mention the location Leia gave for the location of the secret Rebel Base in Star Wars: A New Hope.
  • After learning about Izuku attacking the zero-pointer, Jiro asks, "Aren't you a little short to be taking out that monster?"
  • Mikoto and Momo take the same train home, until Doromundo Kass station. ^note Dromund Kaas, the capital of the ancient Sith Empire.
  • The model numbers for Momo's 3D theater are based in Star Wars ships (specifically the models of the X-Wing fighter series and its predecessor the ARC-170) and Setsuna says it is made from Kyber crystals.
  • According to Izuku's speech in the omake "The Top Finisher's Speech", the first day of the sports festival is May the Fourth.
  • Inko's alma mater is Tython Municipal University.
  • The mid-boss of the first level of Skits' Dungeon is a Nexu.
  • Gran Torino tells Izuku to use his powers without speaking. Izuku says he'll try. Torino's response is "Try not. Do, or do not.".
  • The goblin boss of Mo-chan's katana speaks Huttese.
• Izuku makes reference to Jobs, a Hero who was thought to be Quirkless for most of his life, and powers up by eating apples.
• Izuku calls the cleared Reflective Dungeon that he carries around in his mechanical pencil as a portable Home Base "The Pencil of Solitude".
• In order to save Tsuyu's life, Izuku needed to make her part of his Party, but that requires her to accept the invitation by pushing a button in The Gamer's Augmented Reality-like interface, something she couldn't do because she was unconscious at the time. Izuku silently thanked Reki Kawahara for giving him the idea of gently lifting her finger to the "Accept" button, a trick the light novel author had villainous characters do in Sword Art Online.
  • When the boss of the first dungeon Izuku and company enter turns out to be a giant kobold, Inko identifies it as Illfang. Izuku notes silently that it isn't the right coloring or weapon, but is proud of her for making the reference anyway.
• Izuku is a big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and has Tsuyu and his mom watch some of them with him on his birthday. He finds them to be good inspiration.
• The active version of Izuku's Run Skill is called Jet Set Run^note the second version of Izuku's battle music, You Say Run.
• Tsuyu's Christmas present for Izuku is a t-shirt with an image of All Might dressed as Buckaroo Banzai with the caption "No matter where you go, I AM HERE!".
• The boss of the kung fu skill book sounds and talks like Master Oogway. He tells Izuku that is because his personality is partially derived from Izuku's memories and expectations.
• When Inko uses her first skill scroll, she remarks "I know Kung Fu.".
• As part of his speech to the examinees, Present Mic says "That's right, true believers."
• Setsuna mentions that she basically has the same powers as Buggy the Clown.
  • When Kyoka doesn't know who Buggy is, Setsuna tells her to "Ask your nerd friends."
• When seeing Awase's power (the ability to weld two objects together, no matter what they are), Shoji says that Mac would have loved to have that power.
• Izuku renames his attacks to use fictional locations such as Gondor Smash, Asgard Smash, and Hogwarts Smash.
• The Quest to do Izuku's dungeon with people other than his usual party is called "A New Fantastic Point Of View".
• One to Classical Mythology. When navigating Izuku's dungeon (a labyrinth based on Aldera High School), Momo makes a ball of yarn and several nails while suggesting the "Theseus method", a reference to how Theseus did the same to find his way through the Minotaur's labyrinth.
• Dragon Ball has a few:
  • Izuku's pose for entering his own Reflective Dungeon is the Instant Transmission pose (two fingers to the forehead).
  • When Izuku and Ami start discussing the Year Inside, Hour Outside effect of his Reflective Dungeon upgrade, Mikoto refers to it as the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.
  • During the Omake Settings the first song that comes up on Izuku's playlist is a cover of Genkai Toppa x Survivor (specifically this one).
• When the group tries to come up with a name for their guild, Ochako suggests "Izuku's Angels", with Inko and All Might reminisce about the series. Another suggestion is Meta Knights (which inspires the final name, Knights of the Meta), with Izuku lampshading the reference.
• In the Inherited Fry Pan dungeon run, the final boss is the Cast Iron Cook. The Bland-Name Product is lampshaded in its description.
• Kyoka's Talent from doing the Inherited Fry Pan dungeon is called Samurai Jack.
• After the Inherited Fry Pan dungeon run, Inko orders takeout from Ichiraku Ramen.
• In Chapter 21, Izuku runs into two villains tiring to rob Ichiraku Ramen named Iori Junpei and Tatsumi Kanji.^*No other relation to the Persona franchise characters.
• Apparently, Doctor Who is still around, having been on and off the air for two-centuries and has several shelves worth of books and guidebooks. Izuku even asks the owner of a bookstore he, Tsuyu, and Ami visited if she was a Timelord (after Tsu suggests the store is Bigger on the Inside).
• Said bookstore has a Restricted Section as well.
• During the attack on the USJ, Izuku asks Ami "Do you want to build a snowman?"
• In chapter 27 when commenting on Stheno's attack variety she calls the last one Death Blossom, which is the name of Reaper's Ultimate.
  • More likely it is a reference to The Last Starfighter (like the Overwatch move is), because it involves extending her hairs, rolling her head around, and wildly shooting in all directions.
• All Might paraphrases's Superman's "cardboard" speech to explain why he is going to go at the Nomu with his full strength.
• When Detective Tsukauchi tells Izuku he is All Might's confidant, Izuku silently wonders what Arcana he would be.
• The Rhode Island Seven, the world's first licensed superheroes, are the Justice League's founders, specifically the DCAU seven.
• The address of the Kent farm is given as 38418 Shuster Road. Joe Shuster is one of the creators of Superman, and Action Comics #1 was release on April 18th, 1938 (1938/04/18).
• Before the start of the sports festival's first event Izuku comments that every adventurer knows it's dangerous to go alone.
• In the omake "The Top Finisher's Speech", Izuku's speech is clearly a rehash of President Whitmore's Independence Day speech.
  • The omake's name is also a reference to the soundtrack; the name of the music that plays in the scene is "The President's Speech".
• The quest Izuku receives for the sports festival 'The Best Around', as well as the description of said quest are a reference to the song You're the Best (Around) from The Karate Kid.
• Narrating the Labyrinth, Present Mic proclaims "It looks like Todoroki-kun is in the final stretch.Oh, but he wasn't expecting the Span...", but Izuku tunes him out before he can finish the statement.
• While explaining his plan for the Cavalry Battle, Izuku compares their headband (which has enough points to give everyone the first place in the battle) with a Golden Snitch (and, appropiately, the headband is golden).
• In the omake "The Touch", Hikari makes an illusion of Optimus Prime.
• Also, in "The Touch", Mei claims that the robot going berserk is the BBR protocol. So Hikari makes Izuku have him say "Hey sexy momma, wanna kill all humans?" to match.
• When Izuku lifts the glacier Todoroki has trapped him with, he mentions how Superman once saved the Boston Pops Orchestra, whose conductor composed a theme for him: The "Superman March". Izuku even times his actions with the March's tune.
  • In-Universe, Hayashi Yuki (who composes most of the My Hero Academia themes) made "I Am Here" for All Might.
• One of Korea's biggest Pro Heroes is Captain Korea. According to Word of God, Shin Sun-il got tricked by his best friend Han Jee-han into wearing a Korea-themed Captain America costume, and by the time he realized this he was already iconic.
• Izuku watches Frozen with Eri and Aizawa.
• When the League of Villains proposes an alliance with Stain, it is noted that the Hero-Killer is drinking beer at noon on Tuesday.
• When preparing to fire some of her paralyzing oil, Tsuyu bends her middle and ring fingers so the tips are touching her palm.
• Modura tries to pick Zollo, Morito and Dargo as her Hero name, but Midnight shoots them down because they are all rip-offs.
  • The entire process is shout out to the Stargate SG-1 episode 200. In some cases, word for word.
• The mid-boss of Inko's first Dungeon level is heavily implied to be Best Jeanist's aunt; she has the same surname, a similar Quirk, and mention is made of her nephew. The first name of this Master of Threads character? Uzume.
• During Jiro's musical duel with Mozart, the first song she plays is ''God Knows''.
• When Izuku and Nezu see that Skits' dungeon is a savannah, Nezu cues in Circle of Life.
• When they are at the bookshop, Eri asks Izuku about a book that is implied to be from My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
• There is a Pro Hero called Misty. Her real name of Kasumi Hanada is based on what she and Cerulean City are called in the original Japanese. Her Quirk is water based, and her Hero costume is based on her Sygna Suit.
• Izuku thinks that everyone should have "50 feet of hempen rope" for the summer camp. This leads to various degrees of confusion among his classmates, until Tsu explains it is a game reference.

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